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Default Feb 01, 2020 at 02:32 PM
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Does anyone want to offer ideas and resources on jobs we can do if we're mentally ill but still need to work?

I'm currently running a small business at home. It's made some money, but not enough to sustain me. I'm also writing a book. I don't know if I'll get rich off it yet.

I also work as a relative's personal assistant. She's very toxic and difficult, so it's not a great situation, but I do get to work at home and I don't have to travel or dress up for work.

What other ideas do you all have?
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If you have a bachelors, why don't you look at VIPkids site. You will be teaching English to kids online. I have never worked for them. However, I have heard of others who have and have heard positive reviews about them. Welcome to VIPKID Careers | Teach English Online | Remote Work and Teacher Application
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That depends on what you can handle. How many hours a week can you physically and mentally handle working? What kind of work environment do you prefer? Small, medium, large company? Telecommute work where you can work solely from home? Or, do you want to get some socialization in, and work in an office environment?

Los Angeles is HUGE but I know it has "worksource centers." If I were you, I would meet with an employment counselor there who will give you some career assessments, and can act as a career counselor and help you narrow down your work choices. Then, the career counselor can help you with your resume formatting and cover letter writing. They are very resourceful. I would take advantage of a worksource center in L.A. b/c they are free.
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If you have a bachelors, why don't you look at VIPkids site. You will be teaching English to kids online. I have never worked for them. However, I have heard of others who have and have heard positive reviews about them. Welcome to VIPKID Careers | Teach English Online | Remote Work and Teacher Application
No, VIPKID is a pain. I tried it after having lived in China teaching to Chinese college students in person. I had a terrible experience with VIPKIDS. I could recommend much better online English teaching companies to you if that is what interests you.

Note: VIPKIDS do NOT pay you what they claim they will. They also don't allow you to cancel lessons. So, if you're deathly ill, too bad, you still have to teach from 4 a.m. to noon.

I remember when I interviewed with a representative in Hong Kong for VIPKID and having lived in China, expected more transparency than I was given about the job, the training and the pay. I tried it for a month before I quit. If I ever teach English online again, I will use other companies whose curriculum comes with teacher instructions on the slides, whose customer service is prompt, whose English is as good as mine, and who pays what their website claims.

1. You will be considered "absent" and will not get paid if you are more than 5 minutes late logging into your account. Your lesson will auto cancel and you will lose face with your student and their family. Losing face is a huge faux pas in Eastern culture.
2. They will take forever to pay you and they take a HUGE portion of your hourly wage before they pay you. Huge portion.
3. Their clients are parents with K-8 children who are already learning English but want to fast-track it, so you will have 20-30 minutes per client and VIPKIDS will stack you back to back with students for 5 to 8 hours where you start at 4 a.m. in the morning due to the massive time difference.
4. Their curriculum is so unclear it's about guessing what they want. You teach with slides and most of the time, there's no guidelines which is what you are supposed to have, when you create a teacher lesson plan.
5. Their contracts are only 6 months long and they can't guarantee that you'll be working every day. But you'll agree in your contract to be "on call" every morning by 4 am "just in case" a student needs you to tutor or teach or coach them on a lesson plan.
6. Many of the younger students will have temper tantrums and scream at you in Mandarin or Cantonese which will upset their parents, who will report you to VIPKIDS. Teaching 2-3 year olds English is no easy task.
7. The English of the VIPKIDS staff is poor to none as their emails demonstrate. And they can take forever to get back to you.
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